Ultra Minimal, Ultra Smooth, Masterfully Carved Dark Green Stone Inuit Whale, Signed in Syllabics, 1990 antique paper diolls with an interesting long double

with an interesting long double ended link

) and so am more inclined to treat them as individual drawings of sorts

Blouch of Lancaster

published by Reinhold Publishing Co

and which I'd definitely think of more as a sculpture than a vase

Ultra Minimal, Ultra Smooth, Masterfully Carved Dark Green Stone Inuit Whale, Signed in Syllabics, 1990 antique paper diolls with an interesting long doubleThe Inuit artist who carved this whale seems to have had a very deep feeling for the stone itself, making exquisite use of its naturally occurring irregularities, which are sublimated through the spareness and smoothness of the carving. To my eye that ridge in the stone running diagonally from top center to bottom edge, showing near white along the edge, is an exceptionally beautiful thing, animating and lending a sense of both movement and